Cigar-cutting paper-knife.



111 124,023. v 4 PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

H. H. JAMES.

I CIGAR CUTTING PAPER KNIFE.

APPLICATION nun JAN. 15. 1903.

w 900% M ape/whoa 14mm?) $5., awe-m, QQML different drawin s. I i i A is the body of handle. B is the blade.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY HURLBUT JAM-ES, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

ClGAlR-CU'TTING PAPER-KNIFE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

n i n fil d January t, 1903. Serial No. 139,101.

Patented June 19, 1906.

To all whom, it may concern:

ful Cigar-Cutting Tool,of which the follow-J ing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a combination-tool, more particularlyintended for smokers use, and which combines in one easily-handled structure a device for cutting the end of a cigar, a device for opening'the cigar-box, and adevice adapted to serve as a hammer. In addition to these purposes this structure can be used for opening envelops, cutting magazines and other papers, and also as a seal, and I therefore call it a cigar-cutting paper-knife. I

One form of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which n Y Figure 1 is a top plan with the ci ar-cutter closed. Fig. 2 is a top plan, part y broken away, showing the cigar-cutter open. Fig. 3 is a top view, partly in section and partly in elevation. Fig. 4 is an edgewise view.

Same letters indicate similar'parts in the C is the hammer-surface. D is the cigar-cutter, which is adapted to play in the hollow handle A. This-structure is preferably made of metal, with the blade, handle, and hammer formed as one solid piece. The blade is preferably thinner at thefedges to be used as a cutter for magazines, &c., and should be strong enough to force the lid of the cigarboX open by liftin the fastening-nail. The

hammer end may e used for striking either with the edge or end. The cigar-cutterD consists of a finger a, mounted upon a pivot I), set in the hollow handle A. This finger carries the triangular blade 0 and at the for ward'end is provided with a notch. A spring e is secured to the handle A at theforward end of the longitudinal slot f, in which the finger plays. The function of this spring is to retain the finger normally closed in the slot f. 'When the fin er is released by pressure of the thumb on t e spring 6, it isthrown out of the slot, as shown in the Figs. 2 and 3,

by the coiled spring g, which is attached to the handle A and compressed by the finger: when closed. For convenience'in closing the finger is provided with a pressure-surface or button it. The hole or opening i is provided throu h the top of the ho low handle directly over t e path of the cutting-blade 0, so that theend of a cigar may be inserted through said hole in position to be cut by said blade.

. I claim A cigar-cutting paper-knife comprising a solid body composed of a single piece of metal having a longitudinal recess near one end, and an extended handle tapering outwardly at the opposite end; a finger pivoted in said recess havin a notch in its forward end, a pressure-surl' ace near said end, a cigar-end cutter mounted on said finger, a spring'to hold saidfinger outwardly, and a springcatch at one end of the recess to engage said finger when closed, said pressure-surface and spring-catch being disposed in position to be actuated by the holder s thumb; a side aperture connecting with said recess whereat to enter a ci ar end to be cut, and an exit-opening provi ed below the cutter. I

I 7 HENRY HURLBUT Witnesses: m g f E. J. CASE,

' MICHAEL DREIGER. 

